Dr. Stephanie Calce

Bio

Dr. Calce is a biological and forensic anthropologist studying age variation in the human skeleton. Her research improves our ability to estimate age-at-death from bone's physical appearance and investigates the process of aging and bone remodeling in living and archaeological populations. She is the senior lab instructor and recipient of the Gilian Sherwin Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Interests

• skeletal biology
• health
• aging
• skeletal pathology
• taphonomy
• zooarchaeology and faunal analysis

Courses

• ANTH 240 Archaeology (Lab section)
• ANTH 250 Biological Anthropology (Lab section)
• ANTH 319 Research Methods in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 383 Forensic Anthropology Methods
• ANTH 384 Forensic Anthropology Field Course

Selected publications

• Calce SE and Murray AA., forthcoming. Osteoarthritis and bone mineral density in the past: Insights from modern skeletal biology. American Journal of Biological Anthropology.
• Calce SE, Kurki HK, Weston DA, Gould L. (2018). Effects of osteoarthritis on age-at-death estimates from the human pelvis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 167: 3-19.
• Calce SE, Kurki HK, Weston DA, Gould L. (2018). The relationship of age, activity, and body size on osteoarthritis in weight-bearing skeletal regions. International Journal of Paleopathology, 22: 45-53. 
• Calce SE, Kurki HK, Weston DA, Gould L. (2017). Principal component analysis in the evaluation of osteoarthritis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 162(3): 476-490. 
• Calce SE. (2012). A new method to estimate adult age-at-death using the acetabulum. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 148(1), 11–23.
• Calce SE, Rogers TL. (2011). Evaluation of age estimation technique: testing traits of the acetabulum to estimate age at death in adult males. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 56(2):302-11.
• Calce SE, Rogers TL. (2007). Taphonomic changes to blunt force trauma: a preliminary study. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 52(3):519-27.